ICAI - students - regulatory

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PT Working Hours

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(Regulations 50, 60, 71)

The working hours of an articled clerk shall be 35 hours per week to be regulated by the Principal and subject to such directions as may be issued by the Council. The other requirements to be fulfilled in this regard are as under.

1.	The office hours of Principal shall not start before 9.00 a.m. or after 11.00 a.m. and end before 4.30 p.m. or after 7.00 p.m. In respect of Foundation Course students, the office timing of Principal can be upto 8.00 p.m.
2.	Subject to the above overall guidelines, the determination of normal working hours applicable to articled clerks should be left to be decided by the Principal;
3.	An articled clerk should however work at least 6 hours every day (in case six-day week is observed, at least six hours every day for five days and the remaining hours on the sixth day so as to fulfill the requirements of (a) above); and
4.	Working hours should normally be uniform for all articled clerks. However, the Principal may relax the observance of uniform working hours in the case of articled clerks, joining articles after qualifying the Foundation Examination and undergoing regular graduation course in a college, provided all the conditions as mentioned above are fulfilled.

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